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sugar

Definition

  • noun: a sweet substance usually in the form of white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used to make foods sweeter
  • noun: a sweet crystallizable material that consists wholly or essentially of sucrose, is colorless or white when pure tending to brown when less refined, is obtained commercially from 'sugarcane' or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms, and is important as a source of dietary carbohydrate and as a sweetener and preservative of other foods
  • verb: to put sugar on or in (something)
  • verb: to make palatable or attractive
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: sweeten, ambrosia, angel

Examples

  • Half the patients were given the medication and the other half received a 'sugar pill'.

  • heavily 'sugared' coffee/tea [=coffee/tea with a lot of sugar added to it]

  • politicians getting money from their corporate 'sugar daddies'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He got mad at me. Yes, he did. He did. The sooner you sit still, The sooner we can Get this mess over with. Okay. Then can we eat sugar plums? You betch a... we'll eat sugar Plums, Have gingerbread houses, And we'll even paint eggs. (..)
    2003 Elf
  • (..) That doesn't mean that They're letting you Look at presents before Christmas. Can't wait to see my dad... We're gonna go ices skating and... And eat sugar plums. Yeah, that's the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. You know, buddy... Your father... Well... he's on the naughty list. (..)
    2003 Elf